the link below is a new updated tutorial on how to do models and such

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=809637601

here look at this it might help

https://sites.google.com/site/zeqmacaw/tutorials/convert-a-model-to-left-4-dead-2-survivor

i once read a thing about it and it said something to do with replacing and renaming the materials but i'd imagine you put it into whatever the corrisponding folder would be or make a new folder and name it you can also open the vmt with vtfedit and you may need to change the folder path to the name of the folder you choose to create

i'm still learning this as well its very confusing

same as when l4d survivors have invisible hands you fix it by add the view model lines to the script

ugh invisible models
hate that
ya its something you need to add to a script usually or the addoninfo

they are litterally built from blocks and rectangles

with my prefabs they are vmf
you can open them in hammer

ive been doing this for a while i kno GCF and how to rename to replace but these prefabs are a little tricky like i said i got the model to be there but its invisible so its materials arent being pathed becaus idk what to rename or what to rename it to but its all good ill fig it out thanks for the help

and dragon unpacker is good for extracting sound files from older games like postal 2

to extract gma files from garry's mod use gmad and gmad 2

if you really want to get into modding use gcfscape to extract a vpk and see how it works then you can reverse engineer

there is also a discord group called dead4mods if you download discord and join the group they can help with alot

truth i am not exactly sure since i have never done it
but i do know there are tutorials that can show you on youtube and google

do i house the 2 materials folders in a new props_interiors folder and edit their vmf path or what?

did what you said but all i get is an invisible model i dont know what to rename all these materials u have in here considering default models dont have that many materials i renamed the models thats fine but the materials are split into 2 folders n have weird names so what should i do?

ive tried many dif methods of compiling this but i cant get it to work nice mod bud but no idea how to use it

then pak it with vpk.exe by draggging and dropping your mod folder on top then under l4d2 authoring tools click mod manager and upload it there

ya you just have to rename the materials to the names of the materials for the machine you want to replace and make sure to edit the addoninfo

i will be posting a few more in the next few days

thanks its a port over from gmod
i got permission from the guy who made them through a friend who spoke with him

you are the man for this best arcade ever.